2006-10-01 02:10:42 · 10 answers · asked by jaggu 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
as a percentage of the aircraft in flight the number of crashes or incidents now is only about 1 in ten million whereas 20 years ago it was 1 in 1 million and 50 years ago 1 in ten thousand. The reason you are more aware now is through the advent of media coverage and digital communications helping transmit the information instantly to all parts of the globe. As a reassurance in 2005 the Boeing corporation celebrated ten full years of flight without a fatality
2006-10-01 03:15:16 · answer #1 · answered by Kev R at work need beer 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
advancing in time and making more discoveries on a daily basis does not mean that we are more safe and secure from natural hazards/disasters. take 9/11 for example. with all the technology we have in space and on the ground, we still (well the americans) were not secure from the attacks that took place. as we advance in time, one can say that we are just taking advantage of the technological resources we have instead of making use of it. aircrashse are natural disasters. there is only one person (figure) in this world that knows when how where and why an aircrash takes place regardless of the unlimited amount of technology we have in this world, and that is God. he is the absolute power of this world and just because we advance in time and make more discoveries doesnt mean we are safer in the air or on the ground. only God can judge and reason.
2006-10-01 13:10:00 · answer #2 · answered by fAhAd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are actually fewer accidents today than ever before, the difference is that with the power of the Internet and international television channels via satellite, you hear about more of them than you did before.
2006-10-01 15:23:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jerry L 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually air craft crashes are rare and are less than there used to be per number of aircraft flying these days.
2006-10-01 09:20:26 · answer #4 · answered by tw2251stst 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Greed is one explanation. Putting profits above safety! Though it's too early to say if this was the root cause of the GOL disaster.
2006-10-01 09:14:48 · answer #5 · answered by daniel m 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because there are more aircraft in the sky.
BTW almost all aircraft disasters are because of human error(maintenance, pilot, manufacture etc)
2006-10-01 10:54:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The % crashes r much less...the number of aircrafts r increasing.
2006-10-01 09:23:27 · answer #7 · answered by Rake M 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, there are fewer air crashes today than ever before.
2006-10-01 09:53:18 · answer #8 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because the way we are advancing in time is not the way we should.
2006-10-01 09:15:53 · answer #9 · answered by free 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
pilots are drinking more
2006-10-01 09:17:49 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋